Smithsonian Institution aka: The Smithsonian

most vivid memory (it was over 25 years ago): the opals. Every color combination imaginable!

You can easily spend a week at least at the Smithsonian. You might want to extend your trip so you can see everything.

It seems strange that no one had previously added National Zoo to the tags list…

So why is this a place at all? It’s a quasi-government organization that is the institution. I have a lot of reverence for all the Smithsonian places but they don’t have the political weight that even a neighborhood has… and they aren’t in any particular region that’s in any way specific. Sure, most of them are around the Mall, but they really are sprinkled all over D.C.

soo many buildings, sooo full of stuff…. impossible to get through without dedicating weeks! atleast, it is if you have varied interests. if all you want to do it visit one or two of the museums, like the fine arts, or natural history, you’ll be alright…